Abba Eurovision Song Winner
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Abba eurovision song winner. Ireland has finished first seven times more than any other country ireland also won the contest for three consecutive years 1992 1993 1994 more consecutive years than any. Sweden s win was their first which was the first victory for the country from the scandinavian peninsula 1 katie boyle returned to host her fourth eurovision song contest after. Eleven eurovision winners alongside three non winners featured at the congratulations concert in 2005 in which abba s waterloo was voted the most popular song of the contest s first fifty years. Host graham norton announced the result during the bbc s replacement.
Abba were the first ever swedish winners of the contest but they ve proved pretty successful since then with five further eurovision wins in 1974 1991 1999 2012 and most recently 2015. The winner of the contest was sweden with the song waterloo which was performed by abba who went on to become one of the most popular recording acts of all time. In an evening of eurovision themed entertainment abba s waterloo was crowned the best eurovision song ever by the british public while the 41 contestants that would have performed in 2020 were. Television viewers in the uk have voted abba s song waterloo as the greatest eurovision song contest entry of all time.
At eurovision 2011 lys attended eurovision as a guest of honour after her song c était ma vie failed to win the national selection contest. Lys died on march 24 2018 in zurich aged 94.